Bethany Community Church
Sermon Outline: Being the Hands and Feet of Jesus
July 20/21, 2019 IN STEP Peter Roessner speaking
Locations & Times
Bethany Community Church
1388 Third St, St. Catharines, ON L2R 6P9, Canada
Saturday 6:45 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
PASSAGE:
Acts 8:26-40 (NLT)
Acts 8:26-40 (NLT)
MAIN POINT:
We all have the potential to participate in shifting the trajectory of someone’s life.
We all have the potential to participate in shifting the trajectory of someone’s life.
TEACHING POINTS:
Participation Requires Two Things...
1. Awareness.
2. Willingness to follow.
Participation Requires Two Things...
1. Awareness.
2. Willingness to follow.
“Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good, and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.” - Saint Teresa of Avila
Guiding Questions...
1. What does it look like to be Spirit-Led?
2. What can we learn about being Jesus’ hands and feet?
3. How can we apply this to our lives today?
1. What does it look like to be Spirit-Led?
2. What can we learn about being Jesus’ hands and feet?
3. How can we apply this to our lives today?
Spirit-Led...
1. Listen to an Angel of the Lord.
2. God is already at work.
3. Saying “Yes” will require something from you.
1. Listen to an Angel of the Lord.
2. God is already at work.
3. Saying “Yes” will require something from you.
Being the Hands and Feet of Jesus...
1. Meet someone where they are at.
2. Ask questions.
3. Wait to be invited to share.
1. Meet someone where they are at.
2. Ask questions.
3. Wait to be invited to share.
Remember That You Are NOT Jesus...
You are NOT responsible for someone’s entire journey.
You are NOT responsible for someone’s entire journey.
CHALLENGE:
Seek to be sensitive to the Spirit, and follow Jesus.
Seek to be sensitive to the Spirit, and follow Jesus.
How?
1. Pay attention to the Spirit’s promptings.
2. Be the presence of Jesus in the lives of others.
1. Pay attention to the Spirit’s promptings.
2. Be the presence of Jesus in the lives of others.